Worcester, Massachusetts, a birthplace of the American Revolution,
is a city of many industrial firsts, including Eli Whitney's cotton
gin, Elias Howe's sewing machine, Dr. Russell L. Hawes' machine for
folding plain paper into envelopes, and Ester Howland's
mass-produced Valentines. Other Worcester firsts include American
postcards, new loom designs, the corset, the all-night-lunch, the
first national convention advocating women's rights, the railroad
passenger car, and a public city park.See 284 lively, color
postcard views and modern photos that help tell Worcester's story,
one of the oldest commercial success tales in the country. Learn
how Worcester's beneficial location in the center of Massachusetts,
with major highways and a rail system, helped it develop into a
world-class city.
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